Funeral Quote by Molly Harper

A funeral isn't for the dead. You'll simply be a stage set for a kind of festival maybe. And besides, you won't even be…

— John Steinbeck

“Funerals aren't scheduled.”

— Benjamin J. Carey

Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived.

— Aaron Eckhart

It's important to attend funerals. It is important to view the body, they say, and to see it committed to earth or fire because…

— Ann-Marie MacDonald

“A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not…

— Beth Lincoln

“We're not supposed to touch the dead. This is why we make a comfortable afterlife for them, so they will not reach out. We…

— David Vann

“I don’t even like cemeteries. Morgues, either, nor anatomy museums, undertakers’ parlors, funeral chapels, or any of those places where the world of the…

— Elizaveta Mikhailichenko and Yury Nesis

“Funerals aren't for dead people. They're for the living.”

— Angie Thomas

“Anything could happen while the dead slept. Which was why some would say a woman shouldn't tread alone through a cemetery at 2:55 on…

— DiAnn Mills

“A funeral can go on for weeks, because few events in life are a better opportunity to tell stories.”

— Fredrik Backman

“Death, so permanent for the dead, should be more than just an afternoon activity for the mourners.”

— Noah Hawley

A good funeral gets the dead where they need to go and the living where they need to be.

— Thomas Lynch